Reenforced construction unit



I III o M o ad nu n I7/ J. T, SALTIEL REENFORGED CONSTRUCTION UNIT FiledJuly 1.2,l 1927 April 23, 1929.

entre f JorINA'rnnoN T. sALrrnL.,

or erin-vz rnnrANA, Assia-:Non fro'JoHNfAj rArrANfAND osnortnn J. TAMAN,Born Aor GARY, INDIANA. -Y

REENFORCED CONSTRUCTION UNPLI?.VK

Application area July 12,

rlhis inventionl relates ,to ak reenforced construction unit and oneobject of the invention is to provide a unit of this character formed iof reenforced cement and having its reen-A Another object of theinvention is lto so arrange the proj ectlng portions ofthereenforcements that7 when the blocks or units arey f set in place,certain of the projecting end Vportions of the reenforcements maybe'conveniently attached to a beam or other support forming part of abuilding or other structure towhich the units are to be applied and theremaining endk portions of the reenforcernents embedded in mortarforming a backing for the units; i

Another object of the invention is to provide units which may beemployed to construct a floor and may be very securely anchored tosupporting beams constituting part of the frame of a building.

Another object of the invention is to provide units which may beemployed to build a chimney or column and may be lirmly'held in properrelation to each other'. Y

Another object of the invention is to pre# vent units placed one uponanother from having movement relative toV each other and' vtherebypermit the units to be quickly set in place. l

. Another object of the invention is to so dispose reenforcements in theunits that their end portions may project and vconstitute pins to bereceived in sockets formed in companion units and very securely retainthe units in proper' relation to each other.

' The invention is illustrated in theaccoinpanying drawings, vvvherein YFigure l is a perspective view of one of the reenforced constructionlunits g, j

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line Q-Q'of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the construction unittaken on thel line 3 3 of Fig. l, and Y Fig. l is a sectional viewshowingthe man# 1927. serial riaeosnm's.:y :Y

ner of securing construction units ysuch as shown in l to thefrarne of abuilding.4

The reenforced construction unitshown in F ig. lis indicated in generalby the numeral l and includes a body portion formed ofcoucrete, cementor other. setta'ble material. The

i block or unit is preferably oblong vin 'shape although itniay haveanyshape desiredanld is preferably so shaped that its outer portion is ofan even length and width,` whereasits inner portion tapers rearwardly.Therefore, when the units or blocks are employed to erect Aa'wall,'tliemortar 2 provided betweenadja-` cent units may forni very goodlzeysjasshown in Fig. 4. A metal fabric 8 which may con-y sist of expanded metalor 'interwoven 4wire vbeams and if the beams are metal-thefabrir." maybe welded, riveted or secured thereto in any desiredmanner. lt shouldalso be noted that a portion of the niortarwill pass through the meshesvof the reinforcing fabric and as. sist to retain the blocks in properposition relativel to each other'` when erecting a. wall. An auxiliarymesh reenforcement has been shown' in Figs. land 2, and it will beunder- Y stood that additional reenforcements'of this type niaybeemployed if so desired. Metal strips 6 which are preferably'perforated ezt-.- tend longitudinallythrough the body with p their endportions projecting therefrom and similar strips TeXtend transverselythrough the body with their ends projecting from the ,upper and loweredge faces l. thereof.

rigidly secured to supporting beams or studs 4: and the strips? may beeither vsecured to supporting beams ormay be merely bent The. strips(tare to be nailed, riveted or :otherwise rearwardly and embeddedinmortarlbetween Y the wall and frame `of a building where theyV Vwillconstitute anchors vto v'assist inholding Ythe blocks in their properypositions. 'A dd! tional strips 8 extend longitudinally in theV blockand have theirl end portions bent"out Ward-ly, as-shownl at9', toprovide anchorsk which may besecu'redto beams of 'a building frame ifconvenient or embeddedin mortar, as previously set forth. By having theblock Y provided With a number of reenforcing strips having their endportions projecting from the ends,.s1des and rear face o-t the blockitwill always be possible tosecnre some of the v projecting end portionsto supporting beams ing af body of set material, and reenio-rcing stripsembedded in said body and having end portions projectingi'rom the bodyand Yconstituting anchors, certain of said strips having their endportions projecting from edge faces of the body and the remaining stripshaving` their end portions proj ecting` from the rear face of the bodyintermediate its side and ends.

2. A reenforced construction unit compris- Ving,l a body of setmaterial, and reeniforcing strips embedded in said body and having endportions projecting from the body and con# .stitutinganehors, certain ofsaid strips en#r tending transversely in the body with their endportions projecting. from the side edge faces thereoic and theremainingl strips extending longitudinally in' thebody and certainoiitheir end por'tionsrpro'jecting from the body adjacent its ends andthe remaining` end portions proj eotingfrom the rear face of the bodyintermediate its sides and ends;

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

` JoHNATHnoN r'sALTIEL.' [Las]

